Twaers Will Test Hop' New Martin
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VOL. 13, NO. 31 TRANS WORLD AIRLINES EMPLOYEES' WEEKLY PUBLICATION AUGUST 3, 1950 TWAERS WILL TEST HOP' NEW MARTIN KANSAS CITY—All employees in cities to be served by TWA's new Gun Shots Hinder Martin equipment will have a chance to try out the new plane in flight. One of the Martins already delivered will visit these cities scheduled Rescue ol Men in for Martin service and all employees have been invited to climb aboard Firey Aulo Wreck for a 20-minute familiarization flight, John Collings, Operations vice- president, said today. READING — Two crashed and burning automobiles, a pair of in As many flights will be con ducted as necessary at each city service characteristics of the air jured men and a pistol firing; from craft. the heat of the blazing wreck com through which the Martins will be scheduled to give rides to all com Local Reservation List bined to give Transportation Ag When dates and number of ents Vince Daly and Harry Brad pany employees* who wish to go aloft in TWA's new equipment. flights are set for each city, local dock an exciting time last week. supervision will be advised and will Through efforts of the TWAers, The cities scheduled for em ployee rides are: Kansas City, St. adopt a simple reservation system the two injured men were saved to insure that all who wish to go from possible fatal injuries as they Louis, Chicago, Philadelphia, In dianapolis, Cincinnati, Louisville, onboard the flight may be accom lay helpless in the flames. modated—and at the same time Cqjrs in Flames Dayton, Columbus, Pittsburgh and Newark/New York. keep a steady flow of TWAers Since thf first RDG shift starts Schedule in the Mill on the way to the airfield without at 4 a.m. before the bus begins General Operations Manager jamming up at the loading steps. running to the field, Braddock was Frank Busch and Passenger & As Martin schedules are ex walking the last mile from the city Cargo Service Director Clifford tended to other cities on the TWA transportation line when he saw Mutchler are presently completing system, it is hoped that employees the accident. a flight schedule for the familiar at these points will be given an As Braddock approached the ization rides. First flight will be opportunity for a familiarization entrance to the airport in the dark, held approximately Aug. 15. The flight, should schedules permit. he was about to hail the Municipal FIRST TO RECEIVE on-the-job training when the new Martin plane complete schedule will be an The present series of flights at airport guard, Bill Nein, parked in the cities listed above is the only started an 18-day maintenance tour of 11 cities is this group at the Phila nounced in next week's SKY his car off the highway. Another one set up for introducing the Mar delphia airport. Shown are Mechanics Fred Seals, Jim Farley, Vince Pitetti LINER. tin to employees. Should an em automobile, approaching from the kneeling). Bill Blackway (kneeling), and Ab Phelps, station manager. Instruct Go-ahead signal for the rides was ployee be unable to take a flight opposite direction, careened across ing the group is Einar Einarsson, service engineer from LGA Maintenance. given at a general staff meeting in now, however, liberal pass allot the road, leaped the shoulder and MKC Monday. Because of the large ments presently in effect will allow smashed through a rail to crash number of employees at these him to make a flight in a Martin First Ollicer V. J Olson Saves Lite ol cities, employees only will be in on pass when they go in regular into the guard's car. Both cars m vited to take the indoctrination passenger service. burst into flames immediately. Traveler by Breathing in Her Mouth rides. No family members or friends Members of the press and radio Lend Assistance can be accommodated. and travel agents will be invited Braddock rushed up and pulled NEW YORK — Three minutes stretched out into an eternity for The flights will acquaint TWA aloft for courtesy flights also, ac the unconscious guard from the First Officer Vernon J. Olson last week as he kept a seriously ill woman ers at first hand with the Martin cording to Gordon Gilmore, system blazing truck. The other driver alive by breathing into her mouth 2000 feet above LaGuardia field. plane and give them an idea of director of Public Relations. its capabilities and sales advan managed to escape through his A few minutes after taking off from LGA, Hostess Orla Price came TWA has already received five tages. Present plans call for a shattered windshield. Both men into the cockpit to inform Captain A. F. Foster that a woman passen Martins from the Glenn L. Martin were seriously injured. "tour conductor" to accompany Co. at Baltimore. The remaining ger was ill and required oxygen. Immediately thereafter the passenger each flight, not to point out the Braddock^left them by the side collapsed and Olson hurried back into the cabin as Foster turned the huge seven are expected shortly. Present of the roalkand hitched a ride to scenic spots below, but to call at Connie back to LGA for an emergency landing. plans call for inauguration of ( Continued on Page 6) tention to operating and passenger scheduled passenger service about As the Connie streaked for the Sept. 1. runway, Olson began artificial res In the meantime pilot and main Salary Advance Requests piration by breathing into the Away From Home During tenance training is being conducted young woman's mouth. Olson, who in order to meet the schedule date. Vacation Must Be Denied has been with TWA since 1945, later reported that he spent about CAIRO — Requests for salary three minutes, "an eternity," in his Deadline Nears for Polio advances by emrjlovees away from resuscitation efforts. When he Policies Due in August their home base while on vaca ceased breathing into her mouth, tion can not be fulfilled, reports KANSAS CITY — TWAers cur he said, the woman's pulse would rently insured under polio policies Joe Letzkus, general Sales Mana falter and stop. ger, Middle & Far East region. expiring Aug. 15 are advised to As the plane braked to a halt, Letzkus says these salary advance forward their renewal remittances alerted rescue squads leaped on at this time in order to assure con requests have to be denied for sev board. A pulmotor crew and phy eral reasons: tinued coverage, Carl Lay, super sicians labored for nearly an hour visor of Employee Insurance, said While the company offers sub before the woman could be re ject to space transportation from today. moved to a hospital. She was later Checks should be made payable Shannon to Bombay for overseas reported out of danger. employees, responsibility for fi to the Business Men's Assurance nancing his vacation rests solely on The passenger had suffered a Co. and mailed to the TWA Insur the employee. Each employee is head injury in Paris and was en- ance section, Room 221, Munici advised of the space problems ex route from France to her home in pal airport, Kansas City. isting during the summer season, California. She was traveling under Renewals will cover the period which may mean unexpected delay. a physician's certificate. up until May 15, 1952. TWAers For his cool-headed thinking in TWA can not advance money who do not now have polio insur a serious emergency, the "SKY to an employee at a location other ance may apply for it by complet LINER presents this week's Award than his own domicile since to do ing the necessary application and of Merit to First Officer Vernon so would in most cases violate ex making remittances in accordance J. Olson. change control regulations. with the following table (which In order to avoid these situa also applies to renewal premiums): tions, employees are advised to JOKE OF THE WEEK Premium Until May 15, 1952 have sufficient funds available Pupil: "My sister ate some Employee only $1.70 chicken yesterday." BUILT FOR A BICYCLE ARE TWO pretty Cincinnati misses, enjoying Employee and spouse 3.35 while on vacation. Salary advances a Bermuda vacation. Shown are MARY ANN SCULLY, lead agent at the will not be at>r>roved for employees Teacher: "Croquette?" Employee, spouse, children 8.40 Pupil: "No, but she's very sick." airport ticket office, and VIRGINIA WILLENBORG, agent at the city ticket Employee (if widowed or on vacation status. office. divorced) and children ..6.70 SKYLINER '»<•*» (KM MltuHl since March, 1940. He joined the Baby Girl Photo Contest Closes With airline as a reservations agent in Winners To Be Announced Next Week Indianapolis and remained there until entering military service in KANSAS CITY — The photography contest for TWA bathing beau 1942. ties under 5 years old comes to a whirlwind finish this week with the He rejoined the company in final 53 entries appearing on Pages 4 and 5. The winner and runner-up, Kansas City in 1946 and trans selected from the 111 entries, will be announced next week for the $15 ferred to LAX as Sales rep (Car and $10 prizes. — go) in April of that year. Last No Those this week are: H. Davidson, district Operations vember he was assigned to Sales 1. KIDDY ALICE LIS CHER, 2. manager, Madrid. Promotion in LAX. daughter of Hans A. Lischer, lead 38. MELINDA JEAN McNABB, 3, mechanic, Zurich. niece of Bessie L. Enloe, teletype Culley, who held the rank of 2. LORRETTA JANE HUBER, 3, operator, KCK.